It binds you to nothing.

You regular John Bull Englishmen are so full of scruples that you lose as much of life as should serve to make an additional fortune.' After some further conversation Paul Montague recopied the letter and signed it.

He did it with doubt,--almost with dismay.

But he told himself that he could do no good by refusing.

If this wretched American, with his hat on one side and rings on his fingers, had so far got the upper hand of Paul's uncle as to have been allowed to do what he liked with the funds of the partnership, Paul could not stop it.